The author’s not serious, of course, but the satirical technique of role-reversal can reveal the underlying assumptions of well-meaning advice. Does this make you uncomfortable? Good, it should. Obviously I’m not in favor of locking up the majority of men when only a minority (around 6% by most estimates) are estimated to be rapists. But on the flip side, why should we punish all women by making them conform to strict rules because a minority of men are perpetuating sexual assault?

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(Trigger-warning for discussion of sexual assault.) While researching a blog post on anti-gay hate crimes such as corrective rape, I stumbled across this piece on corrective rape. The author’s main argument is that in our patriarchal society, all rape is [...]

I’m a fan of satirical role reversals in rhetoric, as with this list of how to end sexual assault by limiting men’s freedom. Now there’s a list of all the ways in which feminism hurts men. We see examples like [...]

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